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The latest questions and answers, from members following Randall Jarrell at eNotes.Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:29:14 PSTen-usOne does not need to dig too deeply into Randall Jarrell’s poem...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/identify-implied-theme-losses-by-randall-jarrell-470796
One does not need to dig too deeply into Randall Jarrell’s poem “Losses” to detect a theme. It is not implied so much as presented as fact. Bomber pilots, cannon fodder for the politicians who send young men to their deaths for sometimes indeterminate reasons (kind of a strange angle given the war in question is World War II and the enemy is Hitler’s Germany, but target selection and level of risk associated with certain targets...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/identify-implied-theme-losses-by-randall-jarrell-470796Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:29:14 PSTIdentify the implied theme in Losses by Randall Jarrell, and cite three...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/identify-implied-theme-losses-by-randall-jarrell-470796
Identify the implied theme in Losses by Randall Jarrell, and cite three techniques Jarrell uses to develop the implied theme.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/identify-implied-theme-losses-by-randall-jarrell-470796#1September 4, 2014, 1:37 pm PSTAfter Randall Jarrell's lonely death, his friend Robert Lowell spoke of...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/discuss-images-war-soldiers-military-jarrells-468801
After Randall Jarrell's lonely death, his friend Robert Lowell spoke of him as the most "heartbreaking" poet of his time; another friend, and also his teacher, John Crowe Ransom attributed to Jarrell a "a great flair for the poetry of desperation." Certainly, Jarrell's war poems are touched with nostalgia and an ambiance of deep emotion amid the disturbing tales of man's inhumanity to man. In "The Death of a Ball Turrett Gunner"(1945), Jarrell...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/discuss-images-war-soldiers-military-jarrells-468801Fri, 9 May 2014 17:36:06 PSTDiscuss the images of war and/or soldiers and/or the military in...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/discuss-images-war-soldiers-military-jarrells-468801
Discuss the images of war and/or soldiers and/or the military in Jarrell's poems.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/discuss-images-war-soldiers-military-jarrells-468801#2May 9, 2014, 1:38 pm PSTThe speaker is a soldier. He compares himself to a newborn baby,...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/randall-jarrell-death-ball-turret-gunner-408516
The speaker is a soldier. He compares himself to a newborn baby, possibly an animal. This is established by "mother's sleep" and "in its belly" and "fur." He is a gunner, but not respected. He gives his life for his country, and they ignore his sacrifice. Symbolically, they simply wash him away.http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/randall-jarrell-death-ball-turret-gunner-408516Sun, 4 Nov 2012 04:57:14 PSTRandall Jarrell, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.” Randall...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/randall-jarrell-death-ball-turret-gunner-408516
Randall Jarrell, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.” Randall Jarrell, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.” Who is the speaker? To what does he compare himself in the poem’s first two lines? What words establish this comparison?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/randall-jarrell-death-ball-turret-gunner-408516#3November 2, 2012, 8:26 pm PSTAristotle said that one of the main uses of metaphor is to discuss thing...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-images-language-used-ambiguous-317558
Aristotle said that one of the main uses of metaphor is to discuss thing beyond the experience of the audience. If your audience has no direct experience of the subject of the poem, then it is difficult to use direct language, but you must rely on comparison. What this poem is trying to convey is the experience of being curled up around a machine gun in a “ball turret”, a glass sphere attacks to a plane. On the one hand, the position is...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-images-language-used-ambiguous-317558Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:47:58 PSTWhy are the images and language used in Randall Jarrell`s `The Death of...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-images-language-used-ambiguous-317558
Why are the images and language used in Randall Jarrell`s `The Death of a Ball Turrett Gunner`so ambiguous?this is a Poem... The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner BY Randall Jarrellhttp://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-images-language-used-ambiguous-317558#4February 24, 2012, 1:02 am PSTRandall Jarrell’s “Eighth Air Force” meditates on various themes...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-ideas-does-poem-eighth-air-force-by-randall-69071
Randall Jarrell’s “Eighth Air Force” meditates on various themes relevant to warfare. The speaker, an airman himself, observes the environment and conduct of other airmen in a military hut. Lines 2-4 describe how A puppy laps the water from a can Of flowers, and the drunk sergeant shaving Whistles O Paradiso! The puppy's innocent playfulness contrasts with the warfare already suggested by the poem’s title, especially the devastating...http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-ideas-does-poem-eighth-air-force-by-randall-69071Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:10:08 PSTWhat ideas does the poem "Eighth Air Force" by Randall Jarrell emphasize?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-ideas-does-poem-eighth-air-force-by-randall-69071
What ideas does the poem "Eighth Air Force" by Randall Jarrell emphasize?http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-ideas-does-poem-eighth-air-force-by-randall-69071#5March 5, 2009, 3:30 pm PST